I bought a Nexus 7 when they first launched, so I paid about $250 for the 16GB model...

(Far too) shortly thereafter, it fell from about waist height and cracked the screen almost from corner to corner. Half the screen still worked, so I could flip it upside down back and forth to get at all the content, but obviously, that's a pain...

Repair costs I looked in to were about $170, and the device had come down to $200 shortly after that anyways, so repairing was (nearly) pointless.

The reason for the high cost, btw, is because you can't just replace the screen, which is just glass; you need to replace the electronic component that is glued to it.

InBlack wrote on May 23, 2013, 03:29:An aRPG where you can ONLY play one character doesnt seem built to have a lot of longevity IMO.

I've only played up to level 5 or so, but it seems you get enough skill points that you can acquire every skill below the final tier, but that's a huge guess (but also based on knowing you don't need every upgrade either). In other words, it may be worse than what you're stating, as build diversity may be minimal... But we'll see over the next few weeks... I'm not sure if I want to go melee or ranged, or combo... with or without emphasis on spells (either melee or ranged)...

InBlack wrote on May 23, 2013, 08:51:Pretty sure that I know who will be purchasing the Total Annihilation IP...or at least bidding on it.

Gas Powered Games?

I would be more than a little surprised if Chris Taylor couldn't convince his new owners to put in a bid, especially at the paltry sum of $250k... I could see a kickstarter start for this ; ) Though, what they'd do with it, I'm not sure.

This was nowhere on my radar, but the pop up window lead me to the store, which lead me to the vids, which lead me to the cart, which lead me to the download... : )

Edit:Played it for an hour... Interesting... The skill trees are a bit different, and the pet stuff is like TL but with more control (and leveling), so that's nice... The pet can also pick up loot, with a lot of granularity for controls...

For how it handles though, it has some issues... Lack of mobility skills worries me, and the game occasionally pauses. Seems to have a lot of story/conversation, especially with your pet, and stuff you find/interact with. Will likely give it a few more hours of attention tomorrow.

Edit: On another note.. I stopped reading the article just about right away ' A 21" iMac looks like a prop in a science fiction movie, but it's glued together like an iPad, and if you want to add more memory or replace a failed hard disk, that's just too bad.'

Replacing a HD is a hassle, but adding more memory? Easier than with a case... Open a panel on the bottom, shove in a stick, boot, and good to go... Not hard with a case, but having to pull the whole case off, get around some wires in very often too-tight spacing, then pressing so hard you're sure you're about to snap it, or the MB that's bending underneath, I'll take the iMac route (for this one specific thing).

I picked up my 3DSXL from Walmart a few months back, when Castlevania came out, for $30 off, so it doesn't sound so clear cut as Nintendo saying 'no'... And I see the price back up at $200, so it wasn't a price drop (across the board).

Verno wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 13:26:This is a really dumb, antiquated view that outs you as permanently single.

I guess you have a wife, and both of you play games? I'm sorry.

BTW, there's nothing antiquated about it. It's just common sense, really. If you're spending all your time gaming, then obviously you aren't spending your time being productive in other areas of life, not to mention spending time dealing with the things in life in general--that take up all the remaining time anyways--, such as full-time jobs, handling of kids, and the short evenings to prepare dinners and such. etc. etc.

Anything you've done to fit gaming into your schedule, is really, things not you've done but rather things you've sacrificed for gaming. Heh.

So you can have leisure time, but your wife cannot?

And what about all of us gaming bachelors, who takes after us? Cooks, cleans, works a job? Our parents?

Presumably, mothers, who own houses, seemingly by themselves, of which basements are furnished...